BSc (Hons) Sports Psychology

Bachelor's degree

In High Wycombe

£ 4,650 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    High wycombe

  • Duration

    6 Years

Do you have a passion for sport and exercise? Do you want to find out what psychological aspects support sporting achievement? With Sports Psychology, you’ll be well versed in the techniques and skills required to understand how sports people can achieve their full potential. You’ll acquire the knowledge and skills, which will allow you to not only understand the unique psychological issues influencing an athlete’s preparation and performance, but also how to effectively design a programme of psychological support based on cutting edge research and the learning gained through this qualification.

Facilities

Location

Start date

High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire)
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High Wycombe Campus, Queen Alexandra Road, HP11 2JZ

Start date

On request

About this course

Your sports psychology programme will be of interest to employers including, sports clubs, national and international sports organisations, local authorities and sports management companies. This could be working within sports coaching, personal training, sports administration or consultancy. Your accreditation via the BASES, NOS and BPS will all be relevant to future employers in these areas.

We’ll help you find a career that suits you with talks that cover both voluntary work and full-time employment. And you won’t be limited to just sports psychology careers either. The skills that you'll gain, such as research and analysis, will make you employable across many careers in science and health.

A typical offer will include GCSE Maths and English at Grade C/4 or above and a minimum UCAS Tariff score of 96 points.

A minimum of two full A-levels (or equivalent) is required.

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Subjects

  • Psychology
  • Bioenergetics
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Applying Psychology
  • Research
  • Exercise Psychology
  • Biopsychology
  • Developmental
  • Qualitative
  • Quantitative

Course programme

This module map provides a list of the modules that make up your course.

Each module is worth a specified number of credits (typically either 15 or 30 credits for undergraduate courses). Compulsory (or ‘core’) modules cover key subject knowledge, while ‘option’ modules enable you to develop your own interests. For a full-time course you must take modules worth a total of 120 credits at each level of the course. The number of option modules you can take depends on the number of compulsory modules at each level. You can find more information about how your course is structured via the Academic Advice pages.

Our teaching is informed by research and employer requirements, and modules change periodically to reflect developments in the subject area. In addition, where we have insufficient numbers of students interested in an option module, this may not be offered. If an option module does not run, we will advise you as soon as possible and help you choose an alternative module.

The modules available on this course are as follows:

Year 1 Modules
  • Bioenergetics of Human Movement
  • Foundations of Exercise Physiology
  • Introduction to Biological Psychology and Cognitive Psychology
  • Introduction to Developmental and Social Psychology
  • Introduction to Personality and Applying Psychology
Year 2 Modules
  • Sports Psychology Individual Differences and Group Dynamics
  • Psychological Research Methods
Year 3 Modules
  • BioPsychology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Quantitative Research Methods in Psychology
Year 4 Modules
  • Applied Sport and Performance Psychology (optional)
  • Cognition and Emotion in Sport and Exercise Psychology
  • Qualitative Research Methods in Psychology
Year 5 Modules
  • Working with a Client
  • Issues in Personality and Individual Differences
Year 6 Modules
  • Professional Development and Employability (optional)
  • Professional Practice Issues in Sports Psychology
  • Empirical Dissertation

Additional information

Part Time Home and EU, February 2020: £4,650 per year

BSc (Hons) Sports Psychology

£ 4,650 VAT inc.